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VApplication.filed December 8, 1920. Serial No. 429,255.

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gBe it known 1that I, CHARLES L VAN IN- WAGEN, Jr., a Citizen of 4 the United States, residing at Rutherford, in the' eounty'of Bergen, yState' of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Conveyers, of which the yfollowing isa-full, clear. Concise, and exaetdeseription.

This invention relatesy to conveyers and espeially toa meehanieal ticket. 'distributing system Y,such as ris employed in l-telephone exchanges vforsending information ,or instructions from one oper-atento another.

- Anobject of this 4invention is to move a hoist arm from a traekway remote from a ticket depositing positionandto return said hoist arm to a position in proximity :tosaid traekt-vay,

Another obj eet of :this-invention is Stoprovide `motive means iorV moving a rhoist arm between receiving and diseharging positions.

This conve-yer or ticket hoist eompriseswa casing attached to the main guides. Located ein the casing isa .spring` and twogears controlled thereby. Attached.tooneoolthe gear-.Wheels is a U-shaped.guidezWhioh-serves as a hoist arm. The 'hoist arm is neri-really held in line With the guides Shut -a yierible member' is'attaehed for 'drawing it down. The lowering of the hoist .arm .energiz'es a spring .which raisesfthe hoist arinft'oitsiiermal Aposition `when the Aflexible member is released. l f f The invention wifll he more .clearly rinden stood'L byrefereneeto the following 4detailed specifications and accompanying drawings; Fig. 31 is a .perspective view of a tieket distributing system with thetioket .hoist vin position. f

Fig. Q-is a Aside view of the device with a part of the easinggbrokenaway-to showv the spring controlled gears. Fig. 3 is a eresssection alo-ng the line of Fig.' 2. A maifnlg'uide 1 has aspur guide 2 joining it at 1% S'asing?) isattache'd to the` guides bya-ny meansfsueh .asnsereivsflf Located in the casing `isxalspring 4 .one end; of'whieh is attached-to'thecasinfg at 51 'and the other end is attached to a ygear lWhelel' which is rotatably #mounted on a Shaft Z.` A gear Wheel 8 meshes ,With year -Wheel 6 and is rigidlyattached to a shaftf) .'Whichxisirotatably mounted inthe easing' B.k A bracket 10 is .also .mounted on ythe shaft :9 -and Vis rigidly attached to Ithe same byomeans [oa screw 16 which engages iviththe slide-Way of lever -15V ivhieli iis fixed to .shaft 9. The bracket 10 carries a hoist' arm x11 .at `lone end of Wh-ieh is a ticket holding Compartment 14. A spring 117 is fastened,.atgone en'dto the easing V'3 by means ,of ythe screws 18 `and plovided at the other end With ak roller 30 that normally engages fthe Vprojection A'31 on lthe side of the :bracket :10; the roller being` held against this projection vfbythe tension springl so kas toloek-the hoist `,arm f11 in normal position. An adjnstableserew A32 is provided on the bracket 10ft@ adjust .the alignmentof the hoist, arm. iure-lation tothe spur guide 2. Afiiexible memberrli), which passes over pulleys :2O in order. that it may beV brought `to a suitable' position, `serves as a means for .exerting 1a iiiorceon' the .hoist arm to lower the same; 21 isa trolleyrvhieh moves the Atickets valong'the guides. AV reoeptaele l22 provides means :for lmounting the main tieketlguides independently of the spur guides 2.' Screws .01"boilts23` are provided for. retaining the receptacle 22.011 the supporting member A24:.' i y 4In Fig. 1anv outlet guide is disclosed not as part of the invention, but to'y make the drawing moire 4'Compl-ete and toshow the position of the hoist arm 1.1 relativen-to such outlets which aremounted at each operators position. 'Aticket' is shown.intheactrof being delivered to. the .operator throughr the guide- 25. A clam-ping devicelQG for retainthe ticket 27 .Within viewer thel operator until she is preparedztof. remove it, is'llooat-e'd at the ffreeend vof guide 25.l Anf aperture-2S in the outlet guide- @ffurnishes means for elearing outthe guidessliould -a tieket-become lodged therein. Thelight-lines in 2' show a .section lof the- `hoist arm ini-its operated position. y Y

Theafkoperation of the deviceV is as LJollotvs:

Starting with the hoist arm 11 in its normal position where it is locked by spring 1i,

. a force is exerted on the flexible member 19.

This force overcomes the locking power of the spring 17 and causes the hoist arm 11 to descend. The downward movement of the hoist arm 11 energizes the spring 4 through gears 8 and 6. A ticket is then inserted in the ticket compartment 14 and the IieXible member 19 is released. The spring member then raises the arm 11 to its normal position in which it is locked by spring 17. The trolley 21 carries the ticket along spur guide 2 into the main guide 1.

iWhat is claimed is:

1. In a ticket distributing system including guides and spur guides, a ticket hoist comprising a pivoted hoist arm, means for holding said hoist arm in and raising it to its normal position, means for lowering said hoist arm and kmeans for energizing said raising means by lowering said. hoist arm.

2. In a ticket distributingsystem including guides and spur guides, a ticket hoist attached to said guides, said hoist comprising a pivoted hoist arm, and spring controlled gears for operating said hoist arm.

3. In a ticket distributing system including guides and spur guides, a ticket hoist comprising a pivoted hoistfarm, a spring for retaining said hoist arm in and raising it to its normal position, a flexible member for lowering said hoist arm and gears for energizing said spring operated by lowering said hoist arm.k

4f.. In a ticket distributing system including guides and spur guides, a ticket hoist comprising a casing attached to said guides, a spring and spring controlled gears located in said casing and a hoist arm attached to one of said gears and held in and raised to its normal position by said spring.

5. In a ticket distributing system including guides and spur guides, a ticket hoist comprising a casing attached to said guides, a spring and spring operated gears located in said casing, a hoist arm fixed to one of said gears and held in and raised toits normal lposition by said spring and a flexible member attached to said hoist arm for lowering the same.

6; In a ticket distributing system including guides and spur guides, a ticket hoist comprising a casing attached to said guides, a spring and spring operated gears located in said casing, a hoist armiiXed to one of said gears and held in and raised to its normal position by said spring, a second spring for locking said hoist arm in its normal position and a iieXible member by which said hoist arm may be lowered.

7. In a ticket distributing system including guides and spur guides,` a ticket hoist comprising a' casing attached to said guides, a spring and spring operated gears located in said casing, a hoist arm iiXed to one of said gears and held in and raised to its normal position by said spring, a ticket holding compartment carried by .said hoist arm, a second spring for locking said hoist arm in its normal position, and a-flexible member by which said hoist arm may be lowered.

8. In a ticket distributing system comprising guides and spur guides, a ticket hoist comprising ka casing attached to said guides, a spring and spring controlled gears located in said casing, a hoist arm fixed to one of said gears and retained in and raised to its normal position by said spring and a spring adjusting lever Xed to said gear and adjustably attached to said hoist arm.

9. In combination with a ticket distributin s stem including Guides and s u1" guides, a ticket hoist comprising a casing attached to said guides, a spring located in said casing and having one end attached thereto, a gear wheel pivoted in said casing and having the other end of said spring attached thereto, a second gear wheel pivoted in said casing and meshing with said first gear and a hoist arm attached to said second gear and retained in and raised to its normal position by said spring.

10. In combination with a'ticket distributing system including guidesy and spur guides, a ticket hoist comprising a casing attached to saidy guides, a spring located in said'casing and having one end attached thereto, a gear wheel pivoted in said casing and having the other end of said spring attached thereto, a second gear wheel pivoted in said casing and meshing with said rst gear, a hoist arm attached to said second gear and retained in and raised to its normal position by said spring, a spring adjusting lever attached to said second gear, a second spring for locking said hoist arm in its normal position and a ticket holding compartment carried by said hoist arm.

11. In a ticket distributing system, a ticket guide, a hoist arm rotatably mounted at one end adjacent the guide, means at some distance from the mounting end of said hoist arm for moving it'to receive tickets and spring controlled means at the mounting end of the hoist arm controlled by said irst means for storing energy during such movement to restore said hoist arm to normal.

12. In a ticket distributing system, a hoist arm arranged to receive tickets and rotatably mounted at one end, means located at some distance from the. mounting point or" said hoist arm for moving it from its normal position, and spring controlled means at the mounting point of said hoist arm controlled by said first means for storing energy during such movement to return the hoist arm to its normal position.

13. In a ticket distributing system, a main ticket guide, a spur guide, a hoist arm havposited, and means for moving the tickets ing a ticket receiving compartment, means from the compartment via the spur guide to for retaining the hoist arm in its normal the main guide. position, means for moving the hoist arm to In Witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe 5 deposit tickets in said compartment, means my name this 2nd day of December A. D.,

for storing energy to return said hoist arm 1920. Y

to normal position when the tickets are d'e- CHARLES L.' VAN INWAGEN, JR. 

